The U.S. Department of Defense has disclosed that it’s still unclear about the lethal effects of the hypersonic missile ...

Challenging the Strategic Necessity of High-Speed Arms The United States has been exploring research and development of ...

In a significant move to bolster the United States’ missile defense capabilities, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has ...

SpaceX, the leader in launching US spy and military satellites, has already launched missile-detection satellites for the ...

President Donald Trump has called for an expansive, next-generation missile defense shield for the mainland United States, ...

US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order calling for an "Iron Dome for America", borrowing the name of Israel's vaunted missile defence system. "We need to immediately begin the ...

hypersonic glide, and cruise missile threats.” That system would also rely on input from US satellites and space-based sensors, according to the MDA, inching it closer to Trump’s missile ...

Trump’s order does not give any estimate of the costs of such a system, but several hundreds of billions of dollars would ...

It would launch like a ballistic missile and then release a hypersonic glide vehicle that would travel at speeds seven to eight times faster than the speed of sound before hitting the target.

Japanese and US defense authorities are also hammering out plans for collaboration on a satellite constellation for early warning and tracking of ballistic missiles and hypersonic glide vehicles.

While Japan is in the process of massively up-gunning itself with other U.S. weapons, the SM-6 represents a specific strategic capability against ...